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| Crocodile shot dead after devouring child |
| 2007-04-23 |
| BEIJING: A show crocodile in a Chinese amusement park has been shot to death after it dragged a nine-year-old schoolboy into its pond and devoured him. Several youths had climbed over the fence at the Yintan resort in Beihai and were hitting animals with sticks and rocks when one croc took hold of the boyÂ’s clothes and pulled him into the water, the Beijing Morning Post said Sunday. A swarm of up to 11 crocodiles then ate the boy, the report said. The crocodiles are still being bred even though their performances at the park were halted several years ago, it said. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #16 "Mark, They don't hate us. They love us. We taste like chicken." No, chickens taste like us. |
| Posted by: Mark E. 2007-04-23 19:16 |
| #15 Yeah, yeah. It's all fun and games until someone gets eaten... |
| Posted by: tu3031 2007-04-23 16:43 |
| #14 Democrats, the other white meat. |
| Posted by: wxjames 2007-04-23 16:21 |
| #13 NYT Headline "Crocs Eat Humans: Women and Poor Suffer the Most" |
| Posted by: John J. Simmins 2007-04-23 12:17 |
| #12 Mark, They don't hate us. They love us. We taste like chicken. |
| Posted by: Rambler 2007-04-23 09:08 |
| #11 Anyone? Anyone? Ok, I'll do it.... Crocodiles, why do they hate us? |
| Posted by: Mark E. 2007-04-23 08:42 |
| #10 Nobody in the amusement park thought it pertinent to make the kids get out of the croc pit? I'm all for accepting responsibility for ones actions , but geesh. Kids do stupid shit sometimes, I can't believe that nobody in the whole park intervened. |
| Posted by: bigjim-ky 2007-04-23 08:09 |
| #9 JF, Are you including Rosie O'Donnell in that group? |
| Posted by: Nimble Spemble 2007-04-23 07:17 |
| #8 Actually Hippos kill more people than Crocs, Lions and Tigers combined |
| Posted by: John Frum 2007-04-23 06:41 |
| #7 Kids can be stupid. They look at crocodiles and think of them as oversized lizards. When in fact they probably kill more people than tigers or bears. Put together. |
| Posted by: Zhang Fei 2007-04-23 04:48 |
| #6 Performances? One wonders... Time to put them in a croc-pot. |
| Posted by: twobyfour 2007-04-23 03:23 |
| #5 Crocodile shot dead after devouring child then Crocodile devoured after shot dead 1) Crocstickers 2) Chineese Crikey Crocodile with Hoisin Sauce 3) Crocodile Wings With Oyster Sauce 4) Szechuan Crocamole 5) Chinese Wife Cake (Lo Paw Bang Like Crocodile) |
| Posted by: RD 2007-04-23 03:16 |
| #4 "Please don't feed the crocodiles... fingers or toes!" |
| Posted by: Vinegar Ulerong1260 2007-04-23 03:03 |
| #3 The days of munching on the kiddies and living to tell about it are over...atleast in captivity. Out in the wild, it would be at the bottom of the swamp with a toothpick! |
| Posted by: smn 2007-04-23 01:38 |
| #2 Sad. OTOH, "Are still being bred" > are all WALLETS? now. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2007-04-23 01:06 |
| #1 Several youths had climbed over the fence at the Yintan resort in Beihai and were hitting animals with sticks and rocks Evidently, mom and dad never instructed the lad about not annoying things bigger than you that have lots of sharp pointy teeth. The handlers probably didn't even notice anything was amiss because the crocs still required their regular feeding. You know how it is with Chinese ... half an hour later, you're hungry again. [rimshot] |
| Posted by: Zenster 2007-04-23 00:08 |